Lele Pons, left, is one of the most popular Vine stars in the world. Instagram/Lele Pons Forget 15 minutes of fame. Ever since its launch two years ago, Vine stars have been using six-second bursts of video to make a name for themselves.

We collected and ranked the most popular Vine stars in the world based on their number of followers. Most are comedians, while others are musicians or actors.

These Vine users have risen from relative obscurity, and are now followed by millions of people. Some have even landed record deals or TV show and movie deals because of Vine.

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30. Jessi Smiles

Followers:3.6 million

Jessi Smiles, whose real name is Jessica Vasquez, is a singer and makeup artist. On any given day Jessi posts hilarious videos talking to the camera and hanging out with her friend Gabbie, another Vine star.

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29. Amymarie Gaertner

Followers: 3.7 million

Amymarie is an amazing dancer, so you'll see six-second snippets of choreography, mixed in with cute videos of her pets.

24. Brandon Calvillo

23. Us The Duo

Followers: 4.6 million

Together, husband and wife Michael and Carissa Alvarado are Us The Duo, a folk-pop band that rose to prominence this year on Vine. They've signed with Republic Records, went on an international tour, and released their second album.

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22. Nicholas Megalis

Followers: 4.7 million

Nicholas Megalis is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, director, and artist, but he's best known for his funny Vine videos.

21. David Lopez

20. DeStorm Power

Followers: 4.9 million

DeStorm Power got his start ghostwriting for record labels including Atlantic Records and Universal, but quickly moved on to rapping and beatboxing on YouTube. He's since taken his talents to Vine, where he's expanded into comedy and even includes his son Tayvion in his videos.

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19. Matthew Espinosa

Followers: 5.2 million

Matthew Espinosa is a high school junior, but he's also one of the most popular Viners on the planet. Matthew was part of MagCon, a collective of the biggest names in Vine who staged meet-and-greet conventions across the country for their IRL fans.

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18. Jack and Jack

Followers: 5.3 million

Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson met in kindergarten, and the two have been inseparable ever since. Jack and Jack are a pop-rap duo, and they moved to LA after graduating from high school this year to work on their music and to keep making Vines.

16. DEM_WHITE_BOYZ

Followers: 5.7 million

Alabama-based best friends Baylor Barnes, John Stephen Grice, and Cole LaBrant are DEM_WHITE_BOYZ, a comedy Vine account. The guys' popularity blew up after submitting a video of themselves to popular Vine user Dalaun Richardson's Vine twerking content.

13. Brent Rivera

12. Lele Pons

Followers: 7.2 million

Lele Pons is a Miami-based teenager, best known for pulling pranks on family and friends and for her hyper-edited Vines.

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11. Logan Paul

Followers: 7.2 million

Logan Paul's funny, over-the-top Vines landed him a nomination for in this year's Shorty Awards, a Web-based awards show recognizing people who do cool stuff on the internet. Hamming it up on Vine must run in the family because Logan's little brother Jake was nominated for the same award.

8. Jerry Purpdrank

7. Josh Peck

Followers: 7.7 million

Of all the most popular Vine stars, Josh Peck may be the only one who could have been referred to as a celebrity before Vine was ever created. An actor most well-known for his stint on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh," Josh has converted his humor into six-second soundbites on Vine.

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6. Curtis Lepore

Followers: 7.8 million

You might recognize Curtis Lepore's Vines because many of them star his adorable Boston terrier sidekick Buster Beans. Lepore briefly dated Vine star Jessi Smiles, but she accused Lepore of rape shortly after the two met in person and hung out. In February, Lepore pleaded no contest to a lesser charge — assault — and the rape charge was eventually dropped.

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5. Rudy Mancuso

Followers: 7.9 million

Brazilian-Italian Viner Rudy Mancuso is best known for his portrayals of a Spanish Batman and a Spanish Superman.

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4. Jerome Jarre

Followers: 8.3 million

Jerome Jarre is a French Vine star and one of the first Snapchat celebrities. In October he was detained by police after he attempted to film a Vine aboard a flight to Miami, wearing a Speedo and carrying a five-foot rubber duck.